TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2009 and January 2010,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total                                             -0.9          0.2         YES         -1361          267         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -1.1          0.2         YES         -1353          260         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.1          1.2                       -12            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.9                      -148           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -2.6          0.4         YES          -355           56         YES

      Durable goods                               -3.1          0.5         YES          -265           42         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.8          0.6         YES           -90           33         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.2          0.4         YES          -321          109         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -2.9          0.6         YES          -170           37         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.6                      -111           84         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.6          0.8                       -40           37         YES

    Information                                   -1.6          0.8         YES           -50           26         YES

    Financial activities                          -1.4          0.6         YES          -123           48         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.2          0.5         YES           -81           34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.4         YES           -42           29         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.7         YES          -175          121         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -58           54         YES

      Educational services                         0.9          0.7         YES            28           19         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.3         YES           -84           49         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.8                       -47          105            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          2.1                        -2           37            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.8                       -44           87            

    Other services                                -1.1          1.1                       -65           57         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -7           29            

      Federal government                           0.0          0.3                         1            8            

      State and local government                  -0.1          0.1                        -8           28            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -178          106         YES

    South                                         -1.2          0.3         YES          -633          153         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.9          0.4         YES          -328          114         YES

    West                                          -0.6          0.5         YES          -222          135         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 2010.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.